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Kol, Nellie van (pseudonym) (1851 - 1930)

Last edited by Floor_Toebes on Oct. 18, 2025, 12:58 p.m.
Short name Kol, Nellie van (pseudonym)
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/220659694
First name Jacoba Maria Petronella
Birth name Porreij
Married name van Kol
Alternative name Jacoba Maria Petronella Porreij — Marie Porrey — Nellie
Date of birth 1851
Date of death 1930
Birth date Notes 12-12-1851
Death date Notes 24-2-1930
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Den Bosch
Place of death Utrecht
Lived in Bandung , Cirebon , Aywaille , Amerongen , Doorn , Herzogenbuchsee , Germany , Voorschoten (Zuid-Holland) , Situbondo (Java) , Princenhage, Breda (Noord-Brabant) , De Bilt
Place of residence notes
C.A.F., portrait of Nellie van Kol, 1931.
Mother
Father
Children
Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Convent education, School education
Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title -
Kol, Henri van 1883-1925 Married
Kol, Nellie van (pseudonym) was ...
correspondent Raden Adjeng Kartini
related to Ida Sarah Heijermans
related to Heinz Polzer
friend Hichtum, Nynke van (pseudonym)
Profession(s) Teacher/governess , Contributor to periodical press , Editor of periodical press
Memberships Of academies , Of editorial boards
Place(s) of Residence Bandung , Cirebon , Aywaille (1892-None) , Amerongen , Doorn , Herzogenbuchsee , Germany , Voorschoten (Zuid-Holland) , Situbondo (Java) , Princenhage, Breda (Noord-Brabant) (1897-None) , De Bilt
Author of
receptions circulations
Bloemensprookjes (1883) 1 0
Brieven aan Minette van Nellie (1884) 2 1
De Vrouw (1893) 0 0
Ons Blaadje, lectuur voor de jeugd (1896) 1 0
Moeder en kind : hoe men kiesche onderwerpen met kinderen kan behandelen (1898) 1 0
*Mention in "Wat zullen de kinderen lezen?", art. in De Gids (1899) 0 0
Wat zullen de kinderen lezen? (in De Gids) (1899) 0 0
*Mention in Art. in De Gids (1899) 0 0
*Mention in Art. in De Gids (1899) 0 0
*Mention in Art. in De Gids (1899) 0 0
*Mention in Art. in De Gids (1899) 0 0
Een levenslustig troepje (1899) 0 0
*Mention in Art. in De Gids (1899) 0 0
*Mention in Art. in De Gids (1899) 0 0
Het zevende vertelsel van het schaapje (1904) 0 0
Editor of
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Copyist of
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Illustrator of
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Translator of
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Circulations of Kol, Nellie van (pseudonym), the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Date Type

Receptions of Kol, Nellie van (pseudonym), the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
*Mention in Het aandeel der vrouw [...] Maurits Basse 1920 -
C.A.F., portrait of Nellie van Kol, 1931. 1931 is portrait of

MENTIONED IN:
- Portrait gallery of Museum of Dutch literary history, as one of the 17 women out of the 115 writers born before 1900 (cf. born after 1900: 65 women, 219 men) (svddec10)

Persoonsarchief in het IIAV Basse I 118

Born in Den Bosch (12-12-1851), died in Utrecht (24-2-1930). Married to Hendrikus Hubertus van Kol (1852-1925) in 1883. Three sons, one daughter. (see DVN)

Convent education/Boarding school.

HOVO Utrecht 2013

Memberships
- President of Union pour la solidarité des femmes in Brussel (1892)
- Founding member of Hollandsch-Vlaamsche Vrouwenbond (1893)
- Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (november 1893)
- Vereeniging Onderlinge Vrouwenbescherming (1897)
- Vereeniging voor Verbetering van Vrouwenkleeding (1898)

Editor of:
- The series De Volks-kinderbibliotheek
- De Vrouw (1893-1900)

Material in Letterkundig Museum, The Hague.

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